Non-fatal case of Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever imported into the United Kingdom (ex Bulgaria), June 2014

S Lumley; B Atkinson; S D Dowall; J K Pitman; S Staplehurst; J Busuttil; A J Simpson; E J Aarons; C Petridou; M Nijjar; S Glover; T J Brooks; R Hewson

doi:10.2807/1560-7917.ES2014.19.30.20864

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Non-fatal case of Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever imported into the United Kingdom (ex Bulgaria), June 2014
S Lumley¹ , B Atkinson¹ , S D Dowall¹ , J K Pitman² , S Staplehurst³ , J Busuttil³ , A J Simpson³ , E J Aarons³ , C Petridou⁴ , M Nijjar⁴ , S Glover⁴ , T J Brooks^3,5 , R Hewson^1,5
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Affiliations: ¹ Research Department, Microbiology Services Division, Public Health England, Porton Down, Salisbury, United Kingdom ² Operations Department, Microbiology Services Division, Public Health England, Porton Down, Salisbury, United Kingdom ³ Rare and Imported Pathogens Laboratory, Microbiology Services Division, Public Health England, Porton Down, Salisbury, United Kingdom ⁴ University Hospital Southampton, NHS Foundation Trust, Southampton, United Kingdom ⁵ National Institute for Health Research Health Protection Research Unit in Emerging and Zoonotic Infections, Liverpool, United Kingdom

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Citation style for this article: Lumley S, Atkinson B, Dowall S D, Pitman J K, Staplehurst S, Busuttil J, Simpson A J, Aarons E J, Petridou C, Nijjar M, Glover S, Brooks T J, Hewson R. Non-fatal case of Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever imported into the United Kingdom (ex Bulgaria), June 2014. Euro Surveill. 2014;19(30):pii=20864. https://doi.org/10.2807/1560-7917.ES2014.19.30.20864 Received: 23 Jul 2014

Abstract

Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever (CCHF) was diagnosed in a United Kingdom traveller who returned from Bulgaria in June 2014. The patient developed a moderately severe disease including fever, headaches and petechial rash. CCHF was diagnosed following identification of CCHF virus (CCHFV) RNA in a serum sample taken five days after symptom onset. Sequence analysis of the CCHFV genome showed that the virus clusters within the Europe 1 clade, which includes viruses from eastern Europe.